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A critical review of Excellence Theory in an era of digital communication

Stephen Waddington

Shirley Leitch and David Neilson challenge the rigid nature of the Excellence Theory in a chapter written for the Handbook of Public Relations[vii]. This is not the case in the era of the social web and I would argue never has been. Distribution is effected by web crawlers and search engines."

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Your profession needs you

Stephen Waddington

I’m not suggesting we return to the 1950s, but I do think organisations should stop trying to fix their reputation with a veneer of public relations lipstick. When technology is applied to communication within an organisation it is typically to deliver improved profit rather than improved communication. It’s that control thing again.